Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union was a socialist superpower that dominated Eastern Europe and led the communist bloc during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal state
former sovereign state
socialist state
superpower
blocLeadership leader of the Eastern Bloc
leader of the communist bloc
capital Moscow
continent Asia
Europe
countryCode SU
currency Soviet ruble
dateDissolved 1991-12-26
dateEstablished 1922-12-30
dissolutionCause political reforms and nationalist movements
dominantReligionPolicy state atheism
economicSystem planned economy
executiveBody Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
foundedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union
surface form: Bolsheviks
governmentForm one-party socialist republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier of the Soviet Union
headOfStateTitle General Secretary of the Communist Party
historicalEra Cold War
Interwar period
World War II
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
socialism
judicialBody Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
largestCity Moscow
lastLeader Mikhail Gorbachev
legislature Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
memberOf United Nations
Warsaw Pact
militaryAlliance Warsaw Pact
multiNationalState true
nativeName Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
surface form: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик
notableAchievement first artificial Earth satellite Sputnik 1
first human in space Yuri Gagarin
notableLeader Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
numberOfUnionRepublicsAtDissolution 15
officialLanguage Russian
officialName Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
opposedTo NATO
United States of America
surface form: United States
participatedIn World War II
permanentUNSCMember true
populationPeakApprox over 290 million
precededBy Russian Empire
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
rulingParty Communist Party of the Soviet Union
securityAgency KGB
shortName Soviet Union self-linksurface differs
surface form: USSR
sideInWorldWarII Allies
spaceProgram Soviet space program
statusDuringColdWar superpower
succeededBy Baltic states
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Russia
surface form: Russian Federation

Ukraine
other post-Soviet states
territoryCharacteristic largest country in the world by area during its existence

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Scud missiles countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
subject surface form: Scud missile
Scud missiles designer Soviet Union
subject surface form: Scud missile
Scud missiles usedBy Soviet Union
subject surface form: Scud missile
Soviet 60th Army country Soviet Union
Allied Military Mark introducedBy Soviet Union
First World alignedAgainst Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev countryOfDeath Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev citizenship Soviet Union
Battle of the Ebro supportedBy Soviet Union
Yezhovshchina country Soviet Union
FFL alliedWith Soviet Union
subject surface form: Free French Forces
RKKA country Soviet Union
RKKA allegiance Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
RKKA garrisonCountry Soviet Union
NKVD country Soviet Union
NKVD jurisdiction Soviet Union
Ukraine independenceFrom Soviet Union
Messerschmitt Me 262 capturedBy Soviet Union
Kyrgyzstan partOf Soviet Union
Kyrgyzstan independenceFrom Soviet Union
1st Belorussian Front country Soviet Union
Japanese Kwantung Army opponent Soviet Union
Free France alliedWith Soviet Union
Free France recognizedBy Soviet Union
1976 Summer Olympics topMedalNation Soviet Union
1st Ukrainian Front country Soviet Union
Tajikistan independenceFrom Soviet Union
Tajikistan formerStateAffiliation Soviet Union
Lenin Peace Prize countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union country Soviet Union
this entity surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Alexander Friedmann placeOfDeath Soviet Union
Heeresgruppe Süd operatedIn Soviet Union
Friedrich Paulus capturedBy Soviet Union
Friedrich Paulus placeOfDetention Soviet Union
Royal Romanian Air Force opposed Soviet Union
Chechens deportedBy Soviet Union
Soviet–Afghan War countryInvolved Soviet Union
Soviet–Afghan War belligerent Soviet Union
Lend-Lease program primaryRecipient Soviet Union